Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pluteus niveus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus thin, expanded, 2 cm. broad; surface minutely furfuraceous, white, margin not striate; lamellae free, subcrowded, broad, ventricose, white to pale-pink; spores broadly ellipsoid, 8 X 6 m; stipe cylindric, glabrous, shining, white, solid, 5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick.
Type collected at West Park, New York, August 3, 1903, P. 5. Barle 1698 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.) .
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
